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An Associated Press despatch from Tole-
do credits Congressman Boutele and Mill
ken with advising Mr.. Blaine's supporters
in the Ohio convention not to make fight
against the resolution endorsing the Hon.
John Sherman as a candidate for the Presi-
dency. This advice was eminently wise and
proper and does credit to these gentlemen.
1t is to be regretted, however, that Mr..
Blaine's Ohio supporters needed it, for they
ought to have seen that a contest Of the sort
they proposed could not by any possibii-
ity do Mr.. Blaine any good, while 1t was
full Of possibilities Of harm to the Repubii-
can party in the next campaign. Practically
this endorsement Of Mr.. Sherman amounts
to but very little. 1t is the ebullition of a
natural and altogether creditable pride
which the Republicans of Ohio take in one
of the most able and distinguished Republi-
cans of the country, who happens to be a
citizen Of their State. IL it misrepresents
the feeling of majority Of Republicans of
Ohio that fact will appear when the dis
tricts elect their delegates to the national
convention. 1t binds nobody. The only
effect of making fight. against it would
have been to introduce discord and bitter
ness where now all is harmony and good
feeling, which might have survived until the
next Presidential campaign and exerted a
pernicious influence upon the prospects of
the Republican candidate. Let the Ohio Re-
publicans hurrah as much as they like over
their State candidate. They are none the
less true Republicans, and hey will give
none the less cordial support to Mr.. Blaine
If he is the nominee of the next National
Republican convention.
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~ may appear capriciOus and far fight
from Russia to Maine, from Tolstoi to So
phie May, from the grim hand-to-mouth
problems of the peasantry to the drowsy
content of the country town where Drone's
Honey was gathered. (Drone's Honey, 1t
shall at once be explained in parenthesis, is
the piquant title of Sophie Mays new novel,
after the sentence Of Plato: "When a young
man has tasted drone's honey then
he returns into the country of the lotus
eaters.") Yet when we reckon the leaders
of realism in American fiction. Sophie Mays
name should have honorable mention. Be-
| fore realism was technical term in literary
discussions, the Prudy books made their way
all over the country by virtue of their abso-
Lutte trnthfulness. Prudy and Dotty Dimple
and Flake were veritable and companionable
children; and were at once recognized as
such. and taken to the hearts of other little
girls, who never wearied of the stories which
appeared in rapid succession. 1t was re-
freshing change from the personifed awful
warnings and severe examples that were the
heroes and heroines OF the story books Of
quarter century ago, the children that asked
for information and, having obtained it,
never forgot TO thank dear uncle for his lit
tie lecture before they ran out for theiraplay
in the garden. The day Of these good little
craven images was ever when Prudy and
Dotty rose on the literary horizon. Their
pets and pours and mistakes and nishaps,
and the sudden tender little outbursts of
baby words and clinging caresses marked, it
may be said, the infancy Of realistic fiction
in America. And had Sophie May written
her stories with sense of responsibility
toward future realism, the charm of her
work would have been lost. Her little books
have the careless charm of the child-lifs
which they chronicle. Her stories for older
girls are natural and pleasant, though they
have not the irresistible surprises of her
baby tales. In Drone's Honey her style,
adapting itself to still older readers. retains
its unaffected, frank quality and close OBJ
seryation Of nature. 1t Is evident that So
phie May does notregard humanity as col
lection Of TYPES" to be used as models in
literary work, but rather as objects of warm
hearted and sympathetic interest. She does
not expect her readers to stand apart with
her to wonder at the oddities of mankind,
but invites them to pass few hours in the
company of people who have their hopes
and fears, their successes and their defeats,
and so have part in the common life of us
all. The plot and construction of Drone's
Honey are not equal In merit with Its truth
of description and graceful. often poetic
thought. Perhaps consistency of phrase
would lead me to say that the honey is better
than its cell. Boston: Lee & Shepard; Port
land Loring Short & Harmony "
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A French philanthroplst has proposed a
new method for the prevention Of wars in
Europe. He would form League of neu-
trails" who should agree, whenever one big
nation attacked another, to take the part of
the people assailed. The League of neu-
trails he would form Of nations that have
the most to lose by the wars of other nations,
and so in Europe he would compose it of
England, Holland. Belgium, Denmark and
Switzerland The armies of these countries
In peace number nearly half million, and
in time of war over million men. The COM
bined naval power would be very great.
Such league would serve standing notice
on the great powers that whenever war Is
wantonly begun, the aggressor will find the
League Of neutrals" on the side of the rs
sailed. theoretically such plan is very
enticing. How such a league would stand
the diplomatic strainings of European poll
tics is, however, a practical question Of very
dubious significance.
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The Democratic press has been discover
ing great deal of discord In the posts Of
the Grand Army of the Republic Of late.
Quarrels and rows have been abundant ac-
cording to these veracious chronicles. One
OF the most circumstantial of these stories
was one pertaining to Washburn Post OF
Madison, Wisconsin, of which Commanded
Fairchild is member 1t was related with
great glee that at a recent meeting political
discussion arose, In the midst of which one
OF the officials Of the post arose, stripped of
his sword, sash and badge, handed them to
the quartermaster, paid his dues, and bid.
ding farewell to the post, stepped out. The
only trouble with this story was that there
was no truth in it, as viii be seen by the fol-
lowing letter from the officer accused of tear
ing off his sword, which appears in the Wis.
cOnsln State Journal
BIy attention having been called TO the numesy
Gus .aespaiehes sent from this place to the papers
IN different parts OF the country, with reference 10
meeting OF @. @. Washburn Post held Monday
evening, July 18th, whereby am represented ~
being the person who caised row to take place.
wisn;to say, IN Justice TO myself and Q. G. w.
fost, tnat tnele was no trouble or row during the
meeting Or afterwards, and that did not tear off
my6adge and sword and pay my dues, demand
mig withdrawal card; that all these dispatches
are gross misrepresentation OF the facts that
there was not that evening, nor ever has been to
my knowledge. any political question introduced
or discussed in said post; and that | have not
asked for discharge, and neither do intend to
do so. j. w. CARMAN,
Oficer Of the Day, C. c. Washburn POST No II
q. A. X.
Madison, July 20.
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Rev. c. S. Cummings in recent temper.

ance lecture at Bridgton used this language
Anyone who reads must be aware Of two facts
concerning the liquor questions first, that there Is
great increase N Temperance EFFORT and the
and, second, that the amount of liquor drank pcr
capita Is also on the increase. Some liquor deal
eTs say thatthe increase OF the traffic IS caused
by the rrohibitory laws. but the fallacy Of this
can be easily shown. Others say that it is be-
cause the world Is growing worse. But the world
world is constantly growing better, the amount of
liquor drinking Is increasing. We shall find that
great reason for this fact is TO be found in our
civilization. II changes the nervous temperament
OF people and they seek the nearest relief which
they find in drink. The increase in liquor drink
ing Is found in belt extending around the earth,
and including the United States. Bnt as we go
faster IN everything else so we go faster in intern
peTance.
The Bridgton News thinks the two state
msnts thatsthe amount Of liquor drunk per
capita is ON the increase and that the world
is growing better are irreconcilable. 1t looks
so at first glance. But it must be borne in
mind that the kind of liquor drunk is chang
ing, and therefore it by no means follows be-
cause the total amount Of liquor consumed In
this country year before last divided by the
total population shows bigger quotient than
does the total amount consumed last year di-
vided by the total population that the ma
ton is drifting away from sobriety. A COM
munity Of a hundred persons which con-
samed a barrel Of whiskey last year migha
drop whiskey and consume half dozen bar
rels of beer this year, without adding one to
the number of its drinking members. Here
would be a per capita increase in the amount
of liquor drunk of six hundred per cent-and
yet this increase would not necessarily i'm
ply any increase in the drinking habits of
the community and might be compatible with
a dininution in them. The change sup
posed in this assumed community is
shown by the internal revenue statistics to
have been going on in this conntryfor many
years. SO that Mr.. Cummings state
ment that the country is growing
better, and that at the same time the
amount of liquor per capita consumed
in it is increasing are perfectly compatible.
No doubt Rev. Mr.. Cummings statistics
misied great many of his hearers, who
went home nnder the impression that we
were fast becoming nation of drunkards.
Apparently, too, he was misled by them
himself, and CROPPED about in the dark for an
explanation, finally settling down upon the
great American disease of nervous prostra-
ton as the cause of this per capitd in
crease.
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Katia is the title of another translation
from the Russian Of Count Tolstoi, but
through the medium of a French version. 1t
is delicate and sympathetic study of the
love OF young woman for her husband,
man much older than herself. The phases
OF sensitive nature, frank and inexperi-
enced, passing with sense of grief from
the romance Of girlhood to the assured peace
OF married life are depicted with much grace
and charm. The style, too, becomes fluent
and neutrality-suspicious. its voyage by way Of
France may have removed something of the
bitter-sweet flavor of the Russian idiom-but
the contrast is indeed striking between this
dainty chronicle Of fancied woes and the hid
eous analysis of Ivan Ilyitch or the apostolic
simplicity of the peasant sketches. And
everywhere Tolstoi proyes6imself master of
the truth Of fiction. 1eM York: william S.
Gottsberger & Co, Portland; Loring Short
Harmony
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Ths Hon. patrIck A. collins tinds trayel

The Hon. Patrick A. Collins finds travel
ing In Ireland decidedly uncomfortable. He
is an Irlshman. and the Tory government
conceives that every Irishman who comes
from America is to be regarded with suspi-
cion. Hence his baggage is examined with
great thoroughness, and he is cross ques-
toned as to his purposes and future move
ments. The fact that he is distinguished
member Of the American House of Repre-
sentatiyes counts for nothing in the eyes Of
these British Tories, who have cultivated
the idea that any Irish-American Is con-
spirator with dynamite concealed on his
person until they apparently thoroughly be-
lava n
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1t seems that the extensive losses by fire
which were revealed by the last report Of
the Maine Insurance Commissioner, have
been common to many other States. The
presidents of two leading fire insurance COM
panies Of New York declare that their losses
by fire during the past few months have de-
stroyed all the profit in the insurance bust
ness, and unless better luck ensues, all the
companies will have to greatly increase their
rates or quit the business. This statement
was made in view OF the remarkable losses
within the last few months. In Maine last
year the licensed companies paid out more
in the aggregate for losses than they received
in premiums; but in Maine we had at least
two exceptionally destructive fires, at Farm
ington and Eastport. In the west the great
increase in the number Of fires is attributed
by some insurance men to the teachings Of
Herr Most, the Anarchist who has repeated
ly been charged in the New York press, with
the organization of system of arson. Per
haps too, the system on which the insurance
business Is now conducted may have some
thing to do with the large fire losses.
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SATURDAY MORNING. JULY 80.

We do not read anonymous letters and commu-
hieaiions. The lame and address of the writer
are In all eases Indispensable not necessarily for
publication but as guarantee Of good faith
We cannot undertake TO return or preserve
communications that are not used
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CONCERNING BOOKS.
BY e. cAvAzzA.

Perhaps the realism of the works Of Count
Leo Tolstoi is best described and praised by
saying that it is means and not an end
Hence the extraordinary vitality and force,
the cumulative weight of truth upon truth
which ensure the lasting fame of his novels
1t is partly due, no doubt, to present FASH
ion, supported by the testimony of certain
leaders of the realistic party in fiction, that
the novels OF Tolstoi are everywhere read
and discussed; for their quality is too seri-
GUS, subtle and ethical to have found of it
self such immediate popular favor And it
is somewhat curious to note how eagerly
writers who never stray beyond the sound Of
the Bow bells Of conventional existence, hail
the Russian giant with his primeval way of
regarding the world and man, with his curl
ously fresh and instructive insight, his I'M
compromising truthfulness, and the immense
range of his sympathy. Mr.. Nathan Has
kell has just published a careful translation
OF some of Count Tolstoi's recent sketches,
in volume entitled Ivan Ilyitch a1d Other
Stories The sketch which gives its name to
the volume Is grim study, sparing no par
ticular of physical or moral pathology, of a
man struggling in the coils of mortal dis
ease, and at equal pace with the ruin of the
body, the soul going lonely to its changed
life. Nothing could exceed the sureness of
touch with which Count Tolstoi has analyzed
the torment of the narrow and selfish spirit
of Ivan. struggling against his fate. The
sketch is repulsive, but is redeemed by its
Inevitable moral. The other stories con-
tanned in the volume were written as popu-
lar tracts for the Russian people. 1t is not
difficult to criticize the wisdom of Count Toll
stoi's theory and practice; but the fact re.
mains that be it error, his Is the rare error OF
complete self-abnegation, and he follows his
| belief toits last conclusion, making himself
a peasant in order to unite his life with the
| lives that he desires to lift. These stories
| present, as Mr. Dole very justly observes
| the ideal peasant, earning his bread by la.
Dor, giving good for evil, yielding to fate
| that he may conquer it.
| In brief, In the work of Count Tolstoi is
| found the realism Of the ideal; he writes
with thought Of what is to be said and how
| to say it most truthfully and wheter it be q
story, as naive as a man of the medieval
times might have imagined it; OF a study OF
the subtle conditions Of society, the reader is
| sure to find the utter justice Of that result Of
Jaws, each inevitable, irresistible, that meet
collide and separate at various angles, and
which, in their aggregate influence, it is con
venient to call Destiny. Among the stories
of the volume under consideration, Ivan the
Fool has much political significance; the
story of the Two Old Men reads like an
Eastern moral; and the sketches of Martuin
| Avodyeitch and The Carbide are singularly
touching In their simplicity of wisdom.
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Coz y
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BUSINESS CARDS.

Or at DR.. Greene's office, "a Temple pl, Boston,
Mass. Sent any address on receipt Of the price.
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NOT GONE TO CALIFORNIA /!
LamsOn, the JeweIIer.

But still doing business at lit Middle 81. A
ne expects 10 remove later, he Is selling Watches
LOCKS anu Jewelry, Cheap 20 CIe.e. silver
Sets. sc. ~ il,sod nS,iee
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GURNEY HOT WATER HEATER CO.,

JUHN a. FISH, Managing DIrectOr.
works at East Boston. Send for descriptive
catalogue The Trade can furnish estimates as
TO cost ofgtttrg same. II not, send to as.
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Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-01-29

rapid development in that direction.
There is good iron ore within five
miles Of McMinHville, and inexhaust-
ible beds of coal within ten to twenty
miles. Large quantities Of fine litho-
graphic stone are to be found on the
side of Ben Lomond, within two
miles of our Courthouse, and on land
adjoining the corporate limits there
is natural gas we'll which will sup
ply fuel for number Of large manu-
featuring enterprises. There is no
questioning the fact that in the
way of natural advantages and re-
sources McMinnville is riceiy endow-
ed. The future holds but one prob
lem-simply matter of development.
Will the business men of McMinn-
vile and Warren county rise up
equal to the occasion and lead in this
development, or will they wait to be
led by more enterprising men from
abroad?
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-01-29
Enjoy Life.

What a truly beautiful world we
live in! Nature gives us grandeur
of mountains, glens and oceans, and
thousands of means of enjoyment.
We can desire no better when in per-
feet health; but how often do the
majority Of people feel like giving it
up disheartened, discouraged and
worn out with disease, when there is
no occasion for this feeling, as every
sufferer can easily obtain satisfactory
proof, that GREEN'S A,tgust FIoacer
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when born. Dyspepsia and Liver
Complaint are the direct causes of
seventy-fveper cent. ofsuch maladies
as Biliousness, Indigestion, Sick
Headache, Costiveness, Nervous
Prostitution, Dizziness of the Head,
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Try it.
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The County Court System.

Tribune and Sun.
There is manifestly a deep-seated
and wide spread desire on the part Of
many thoughtful men throughout the
state to bring about a radical reform
in the mode of administering county
affairs. We see this cropping out in
every direction. That the present
mode Of managing county business is
cumbersome, expensive, and unsatis-
factory to the people is so plain that's
"wayfaring man thought a fool"
may run and read. What earthly
use is there for calling two Justices of
the peace from every district in every
county in the Slate, to meet four times
every year, to do business which three
intelligent men could do in half the
time, and do it much better? But the
question arises, have we man in the
legislature with brain and Drawn
enough to devise, set forth and adj
vocate an intelligent plan for more
economical, expeditions and efficient
plan than the present worthless one?
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-01-29
AS Others See Us.

The STANDARD was received many
compliments Oflate on disappearance,
contents, and general get-up as a
county paper, for all of which we feel
very grateful. We are proud of pro-
ducing paper which is so much ap-
preciated by its readers. We will be
pardoned for publishing the following
extract from letter recently received
from prominent State official of
Ohio. This compliment can be more
fully appreciated when it is under
stood that the author, in his official
station, receives papers from all
sections of the country, and is there
fore capacitated to judge of their
merits. His letter reads: Enclosed
please find one dollar to continue my
subscription for the STANDARD. /
see no weekly county paper, north,
south, east or west, that is better
worth the money. My own county
papers are inferior to yours, and they
charge me fifty cents more for them"
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MEANWHILE TENNESSEE SATURDAY, JAN. 90, 1887

Circuit Court convened Thursday
morning, Judge Smallman presiding,
and s. T. O'neal. Esq, as special At
torney General. The term will likely
be a short one. The misdemeanor
docket was completed Thursday, and
the other dockets may be completed
today or Monday. lmt
I'VE understand that If a sufficient
number of lights will be taken, an
electric light plant can be established
in McMinnville, and the lights
furnished at 10 cts per night. This
certainly looks like a reasonable
charge, and is cheaper for business
houses than coal oil lamps. We be-
lieve If a company will take hold of
the matter on this basis the requisite
number can be secured.
Pleasant and profitable employment
surely awaits a wide-awake salesman
who will supply the demand, in this
vicinity, for the New Reversible
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